Revisionary notes on neotropical porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) 2 A review of the Coendou vestitus group with a description of two new species from Amazonia

Title Variants

Alternative: Neotropical porcupines

Alternative: Review of the Coendou vestitus group with a description of two new species from Amazonia

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3351

By

Voss, Robert S.

Silva, Maria Nazareth F. da

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2001

Notes

Title from caption.

Abstract also in Spanish and Portuguese.

"October 31, 2001."

"Neotropical porcupines of the Coendou vestitus group consist of four small-bodied species from northwestern South America that are hypothesized to form a clade on the basis of their unique dorsal pelage composition. In addition to soft wool and barbed quills - hair types widely shared by other erethizontids - the dorsal pelage of vestitus-group porcupines includes what may be called bristle-quills: long, thin, unbarbed quills with flexible tips. The group includes Coendou vestitus Thomas, 1899; C. pruinosus Thomas, 1905; and two new species. The latter provide the first documented records of small porcupines from western Amazonia, where only large porcupines (C. prehensilis and C. bicolor) were previously known. Other small porcupines probably remain to be discovered in Amazonia, where hydroelectric dam projects offer unique (if unfortunate) faunal-sampling opportunities"--P. 2.

Subjects

Amazon River Valley , Classification , Coendou ichillus , Coendou roosmalenorum , Coendou vestitus , Mammals , Porcupines , South America

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3351, 2001

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2001)351<0001:RNONPR>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 48471611